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Anti-Cloning Access Cards With End-to-End Encryption

End-to-End Encryption in Door Access Systems: Anti-Cloning Access Control System

Prevent RFID Fraud (Cloning & Hacking) in your door access system with SKeyMa (Secret Key Management) End-to-End Secure Encryption System Based on AES128 & 3DES

WHY IS READING ONLY UID FOR DOOR ACCESS SYSTEMS NOT SECURE?

The Unique Identifier (UID) of a smartcard used to be considered highly unique as specified by the ISO 14443 international standards. However, with the advancement of card cloning technology today, relying solely on the UID to grant access to a smartcard for an access control system is no longer safe.

Therefore, anti-cloning access control system are essential for modern security.

WHO IS LIKELY TO CLONE OR HACK INTO DOOR ACCESS CONTROL SMARTCARDS?

Statistics show that 55 to 75% of corporate fraud comes from insiders, making insider threats one of the top concerns for door access systems. For instance, employees motivated by greed often clone the door access systems’ cards of senior executives to commit fraudulent acts for personal gain.

Moreover, industrial espionage, driven by competitive forces, aims to gain an edge in highly competitive businesses. Additionally, spies spend millions to hack target victims’ accounts.

On a lighter note, commercial and residential service providers like maintenance contractors and real estate agents often find it more convenient and cost-effective to clone the door access control card and use multiple cards, rather than asking the employer for additional door access control cards.

HOW TO SECURE AN ACCESS CONTROL CARD AGAINST CLONING AND HACKING?

To ensure the uniqueness and access security of any access control card, the door access card reader must read data encrypted and stored in the door access card. The card reader unlocks the smartcard to access the encrypted data.

Then, the door access card reader decrypts the data with a secret key available only in an authorized door access reader. Because the secret data remains hidden from view and data transmission is encrypted, it makes the door access control card impossible to clone or hack.

Consequently, this process is crucial for anti-cloning door access cards.

WHO SHOULD KEEP THE ENCRYPTION SECRET KEYS OF AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS?

Storing encrypted data with a strong encryption key is crucial, but deciding where and who should keep the keys is even more important. Should the boss or an employee keep the key to the access control card or system? What if this person resigns, forgets, or attempts to sabotage the company?

In principle, secret keys for an access control systems should be robust and never made vulnerable by one or more persons. Therefore, the solution is to use a professional, purpose-built Secret Key Management System (SKeyMa).

The seeds to create a master secret key can come from one or more persons, without any one person in the mix having knowledge or visibility of the actual master key. The generated master key is stored in a highly secure medium such as Secure Access Module (SAM) to ensure the highest possible level of security.

WHY IS END-TO-END ENCRYPTION CRUCIAL TO AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM?

Door access systems’ cards are commonly passed around without much thought to security compromise. Thus, a highly secure access control system must protect against any such potential breach of security. In addition to securing access control, time attendance systems accurately track employee arrivals and departures. The use of secure encryption keys to protect data stored in access control systems’ access cards ensures that the access cards cannot be cloned or hacked.

Additionally, ensuring that user data is also encrypted while in transit to the door access controller, and subsequently to the host, is very important to protect the secrecy and authenticity of every single transaction in the access control system.

Therefore, an anti-cloning system with such end-to-end encryption complies with the highest level of corporate security. Consequently, implementing anti-cloning door access cards is essential for maintaining robust security.

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Anti-cloning access cards with end-to-end encryption
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